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The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federal enterprise with worldwide operations. GIZ supports the German Government in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. GIZ has been working as a development partner of Bangladesh since 1972 under bilateral agreement. Currently, we are working in the areas of renewable energy, adaptation to climate change, private sector development and technical education, biodiversity, as well as good governance and displacement.
This specific assignment is part of the STILE II project (Sustainability in the Textile and Leather Sector), which aims to improve the social and environmental standards in Bangladesh's textile and leather industries. Since 2020, numerous stakeholders—including the Government of Bangladesh, private sector entities, development partners, and NGOs—have organized various roundtables, workshops, dialogues, and forums to discuss sustainability, compliance, and policy frameworks.
To understand the evolving discourse and avoid duplication of efforts, the project requires a comprehensive mapping of these events. The objective is to analyze the conversation around textile sustainability by creating a structured dataset of events based on media reports and online sources from 2020 to 2025. The contractor is responsible for mapping online and newspaper reports to create a comprehensive overview of textile and RMG-sector events. The specific tasks include:
1.Data Acquisition & Screening:
- Systematically screen diverse sources (newspapers, journals, social media, organizational websites) for events, roundtables, conferences, and platforms related to the RMG/Textile sector in Bangladesh.
- The timeframe for the data search covers the period from 2020 to 2025.
2. Dataset Creation (Event Mapping):
- Develop a structured dataset (e.g., in Excel) containing the following fields for each identified event:
- Name of the event/workshop/dialogue.
- Date and Location.
- Organizing entity and/or donor.
- Participating organizations (Government, private sector, development cooperation, NGOs, Service providers, Workers' representation).
- Key Topics/Themes discussed (e.g., pollicy, decarbonization, traceability, circularity, etc).
- Next steps proposed, demands made, or needs identified.
- Links to source containing the news or reference
3. Analysis:
- Analyze the content to identify emerging themes in textile sustainability.
- Map relationships between stakeholders (who attends what) to visualize the structure of the conversation.
4. Reporting:
- Provide a final report summarizing the trends, influential actors, and currently active formats.
Commercial Eligibility:
- At least Five (5) average number of managers and employees for past three calendar years demonstrated through company profile and employee CVs
- Average annual Turnover for the last three financial years should be at least 10000 EURO demonstrated through audited financial statements of last three years
- Evidence of commercial registration demonstrated by trade license, BIN, TIN and NBR acknowledgement slip as proof of return submission
Technical Eligibility:
- At least THREE reference projects in the field of textile sustainability thematic analysis demonstrated through project profiles and reference names
- At least THREE reference projects in Bangladesh in the last three years demonstrated through project profiles and reference names
Companies with above mentioned pre-requisite qualifications must provide the relevant documents in favour of the minimum criteria and also provide following document along with their Expression of Interest (EOI) by email through bd_su_quotation@giz.de within 15 May 2026. Email Subject line should be “STILE II - Mapping of Textile Sustainability Topics”.
Please note: Only eligible company will get the Terms of Reference (ToR) along with other related tender documents by email. |
